As there is time on my hands then I believe it is time to respond to those critics who don?t think it is correct to instil upon Dominicans those methods, customs and cultures which have, over time, proven to be beneficial to mankind. This willingness to embrace change is the major reason that the USA is so much better in comparison to the DR. Because of the USA being the ?great melting pot? it has implemented many different methods, customs and cultures from those that discovered and populated the land. The magic words in the above statement are (willingness to embrace change).
Now to address the critics :
In a post from another thread I mentioned my difficulty in changing the way my wife cooks rice. In the other post I used the word ?burnt? when in fact I should have used the word ?scorched?. The word burnt is a synonym of the word scorched and I?m sorry I didn?t make myself clearer to those of you that automatically assumed scorched to the point of turning black when I meant scorched to the point of turning brown and sometimes a little black. In both cases, brown or black, the end result is burnt. Now let?s discuss the fact that raw rice contains more nutrients than cooked rice and the more cooked the rice is the more nutrients that are lost. If you agree to this ratiocination then it stands to reason that when you cook white rice and the finished product is in fact white, without any scorching, the benefits both nutritionally and digestively are better for you.
There are more or less 2.5 Billion people in the world that depend on rice as their main food. Eight million people here in the DR only represent a small portion of those that depend on this staple and if you look at the way that the rest of the world cooks their rice then you will see that the way it is done in the DR is not the norm. Let?s investigate the reasoning behind this together. First let?s look at it on a nutritional plane. As stated above the less cooking the more nutrition and for a developing country with health statistics like the DR they could use all the nutritional help then can get. Secondly let?s look at it on an economical plane. Let?s just say hypothetically that the average Dominican household throws away 1/2 ounce of scorched rice a day. Now for arguments sake let?s say there are two million households in the DR. This would mean that each household throws away 11 and ? pounds of rice a year and let?s say that the going price, estimated low, is 10 pesos per pound. You do the math!! Now with the economic situation that the DR presently faces and with over 50% of the population always having been at the poverty level you tell me how the Dominicans can and ever could afford to throw food away. 22,500,000 pounds or 225,000,000 pesos yearly is you craaaaaaaaaazy? Let me tell you the dogs, cats, chickens, birds and pigs eat well in this country. As you have that computer in front of you search for any recipe for cooking rice and they are the same all over the world and the end result is a light fluffy rice with no scorching. Even in the MICROWAVE you don?t want scorched rice and I don?t think you scorch your rice do you Pib? Try it like the recipes call for it one time you might like it !!!!!!!!!!
Mr DR I take offense at your last sentence. Because the Dominicans have that culture doesn?t mean that I will adhere to it. I have the right, prerogative, and responsibility to keep those cultures that I know for a fact are better for me and mankind as a whole and (willingly embrace), see above, those that I find are better for me and mankind. I know for a fact, having eaten at many Dominican houses and restaurants, that I am a better chef than a lot of women and most men in this fine country. I have a question for you Mr DR. Women possess what intrinsic issues? Having worked as a chef in a couple of restaurants and with my 22 years in the military I can categorically state that I can cook, clean, iron, wash clothes, do dishes, make beds and a lot of other things much better then a lot of Dominican women and the majority of Dominican men. There have been times in my life where I didn?t have a woman there where I was to do all those things for me so I could either learn or starve and live like a pig of which neither was an option to me. Where I come from we call men or women that won?t help themselves MEQUETREFE. (If the shoe fits).
Let me adduce that if you truly want this country to change for the better you will in fact try to change those methods, customs and cultures that you know are detrimental to the well being of you, the people and mankind. The Dominicans have many fine customs but they also have an over abundance of bad ones and until enough people tell other people that what they are doing is wrong nothing will change. People throwing trash in the streets, speeding, loud radios, parking there motors or cars on the sidewalk, corruption and a host of other things all contribute to this country failing to achieve an ascendant position and your silence to these bad customs only shows your complicity in the DR not bettering itself.
Now to address the critics :
In a post from another thread I mentioned my difficulty in changing the way my wife cooks rice. In the other post I used the word ?burnt? when in fact I should have used the word ?scorched?. The word burnt is a synonym of the word scorched and I?m sorry I didn?t make myself clearer to those of you that automatically assumed scorched to the point of turning black when I meant scorched to the point of turning brown and sometimes a little black. In both cases, brown or black, the end result is burnt. Now let?s discuss the fact that raw rice contains more nutrients than cooked rice and the more cooked the rice is the more nutrients that are lost. If you agree to this ratiocination then it stands to reason that when you cook white rice and the finished product is in fact white, without any scorching, the benefits both nutritionally and digestively are better for you.
There are more or less 2.5 Billion people in the world that depend on rice as their main food. Eight million people here in the DR only represent a small portion of those that depend on this staple and if you look at the way that the rest of the world cooks their rice then you will see that the way it is done in the DR is not the norm. Let?s investigate the reasoning behind this together. First let?s look at it on a nutritional plane. As stated above the less cooking the more nutrition and for a developing country with health statistics like the DR they could use all the nutritional help then can get. Secondly let?s look at it on an economical plane. Let?s just say hypothetically that the average Dominican household throws away 1/2 ounce of scorched rice a day. Now for arguments sake let?s say there are two million households in the DR. This would mean that each household throws away 11 and ? pounds of rice a year and let?s say that the going price, estimated low, is 10 pesos per pound. You do the math!! Now with the economic situation that the DR presently faces and with over 50% of the population always having been at the poverty level you tell me how the Dominicans can and ever could afford to throw food away. 22,500,000 pounds or 225,000,000 pesos yearly is you craaaaaaaaaazy? Let me tell you the dogs, cats, chickens, birds and pigs eat well in this country. As you have that computer in front of you search for any recipe for cooking rice and they are the same all over the world and the end result is a light fluffy rice with no scorching. Even in the MICROWAVE you don?t want scorched rice and I don?t think you scorch your rice do you Pib? Try it like the recipes call for it one time you might like it !!!!!!!!!!
Mr DR I take offense at your last sentence. Because the Dominicans have that culture doesn?t mean that I will adhere to it. I have the right, prerogative, and responsibility to keep those cultures that I know for a fact are better for me and mankind as a whole and (willingly embrace), see above, those that I find are better for me and mankind. I know for a fact, having eaten at many Dominican houses and restaurants, that I am a better chef than a lot of women and most men in this fine country. I have a question for you Mr DR. Women possess what intrinsic issues? Having worked as a chef in a couple of restaurants and with my 22 years in the military I can categorically state that I can cook, clean, iron, wash clothes, do dishes, make beds and a lot of other things much better then a lot of Dominican women and the majority of Dominican men. There have been times in my life where I didn?t have a woman there where I was to do all those things for me so I could either learn or starve and live like a pig of which neither was an option to me. Where I come from we call men or women that won?t help themselves MEQUETREFE. (If the shoe fits).
Let me adduce that if you truly want this country to change for the better you will in fact try to change those methods, customs and cultures that you know are detrimental to the well being of you, the people and mankind. The Dominicans have many fine customs but they also have an over abundance of bad ones and until enough people tell other people that what they are doing is wrong nothing will change. People throwing trash in the streets, speeding, loud radios, parking there motors or cars on the sidewalk, corruption and a host of other things all contribute to this country failing to achieve an ascendant position and your silence to these bad customs only shows your complicity in the DR not bettering itself.
